Seven: Acting Warrant Officer Class I J. McConnell, Royal Garrison Artillery

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (7480 Gr: J. Mc’Connel, R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (7480, Q.M. Sjt. J. Mc Connell, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (7480 A.W.O. Cl.1. J. Mc Connell. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7480 Sjt: J. Mc.Connell. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7480 B.S. Mjr: -T.R.S. Mjr:- J. Mc.Connell. 15/Sge: By:); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, mounted for display purposes, minor edge bruising, very fine and better (7) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005.

M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918:
‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war’.

James McConnell, a native of Belfast, attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery in December 1894 and saw service in Sierra Leone from 20 November 1897 to 17 January 1898, receiving a slight gun shot wound to the scalp at Port Lokko. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1913 and saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1915, being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

Note: Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.